MONOGRAPH OF THE PETRELS. 



apparently been noticed by any of the recent South Polar expeditions in South Georgia, 

 South Orkney Islands, or the region visited by the " Scotia." 



CE. lessoni is, however, met with in the Cape seas, and a female presented to the 

 British Museum by Sir George Grey was obtained in Lat. 36° 39' S., Long. 10° 3' E. 

 (spec. i. of Salvin's Catalogue of Birds, XXV., p. 402). Professor Giglioli observed the 

 species on March 12th, 1866, in Lat. 42° 55' S., Long. 36° 31' E., and on the 15th of the 

 same month in Lat. 43° 05' S., Long. 42° 04' E. {Faun. Vertebr. Oceano, p. 40). The late 

 Captain Hutton noticed it in Lat. 43° 14' S., Long. 102° 41' E., and thence to New 

 Zealand (Ibis, 1867, p. 188), where Buller says it was very scarce, as he only once 

 obtained an example, which was found in a dying state in the surf near Kaipara Head. 

 Another was procured on Antipodes Island by the Earl of Ranfurly, by whom it was 

 presented to the British Museum. Gould mentions this Fulmar during his voyages, 

 but beyond recording the capture of a single individual between Hobart Town and 

 Sydney, he does not give any precise localities. Specimens were obtained during the 

 voyage of the " Rattlesnake," below south-western Australia, in Lat. 40J ° S., Long. 

 125J° E. (spec. g. h. of Salvin's Catalogue of Birds, XXV., p. 402). 



In the South Pacific Ocean, Macgilhvray, on the " Rattlesnake," obtained this 

 bird in Lat. 44° S., Long. 110J° W. Professor Giglioli says that, on the voyage of 

 the " Magenta " across the Pacific, he first observed it in Lat. 38° 36' S., Long. 

 164° 46' W., on June 9th, 1867, and it followed the ship intermittently up to the 24th 

 of that month, to Lat. 39° 38' S., Long. 125° 58' W., on which day some eight or nine 

 specimens were captured. The bird was noticed up to July 28th (Lat. 37° 37' S., 

 Long. 108° 01' W.), and on the journey from Callao to Valparaiso in Lat. 37° 09' S., 

 Long. 79° 23' W. {Faun. Vertebr. Oceano, p. 40). 



Very little has been recorded of the habits of this Fulmar, but the Rev. A. E. 

 Eaton, who found it breeding on Kerguelen Island, states that it flew about at night 

 uttering unearthly shrieks. It nests in a short dry burrow about the size of a rabbit's 

 hole, which is usually excavated in the Azorella. The entrance is frequently strewn 

 with the green shoots of Accena, and the passage terminates in a large chamber, in 

 which there is no real nest, and if a hand be incautiously introduced to feel for the 

 single egg, it is severely bitten by the old bird. The breeding places were found from 

 the sea-shore to an altitude of 300 feet, and also on the landward side of a hill, near a 

 fresh-water lake. 



Adidt male. General colour above light ashy-grey, with hoary-grey margins to 

 the feathers ; the longer scapulars and the wing-coverts and inner secondaries 

 darker than the back, inclining to slaty-black, with obsolete margins of ashy ; quills 

 blackish, washed with grey, and more or less ashy-brown on the whole of the inner 

 web ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts pearly-grey, lighter than the back, 

 with distinct white edges to the feathers ; centre tail-feathers ashy-grey, 

 white near the ends ; remainder for the most part white, either entirely ashy-grey 



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